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Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1887-03-05
aCarp,s. Pietnrs d Butler.

I saw Ben Butler In the capitol to-
day. What a queer old fellow he is.
He is about five feet ten inches tall and
he weighs 275 pounds. He waddles
about ike an old woman, and the skirts
of his black coat fly out from his fat
form so as to strengthen this illusion.
He has a very large neck and his chin
is double one, reminding you some
what Of a frog. He has a big head " 18th
a forehead high and broad. Below this
his eyes with fat lids peep out through
narrow Sits Of openings, and the trouble
about them is that you can't tell Wheth-
er they are looking at you OF not.
Ben Buffers face is very full and his
complexion is fair. He has a clean look
about HIM, and evidently takes a bath
every morning. He has a big mouth,
and over It there is a little, 6De-haired
mustache, which has now grown gray.
1t is merely the shadow Of a mustache
and looks like a streak OF silver paint
across the white and red Of Buffers face.
The top Of Buffers head is bald, but he
has fringe OF fine irOn-gray hair hang
ing down upon his neck. He dresses
eceentrically, and it has always seemed
to me that he courts nOtOriety by means
Of his dress. He and Benjamin BreWs-
ter are perhaps the two ugliest men Ii
the United States, and they both dress
eztraVagantly.
Ben Butler had on this afternoon a
aashy hat Of cream-coIOfed felt, with a
broad brim, the under side OF which was
covered with black silk A high black
silk band ran nearly to the top OF this
G-TE L
very striking. The remainder OF his
drees was q white linen shirt, turnover
collar, and a suit of the finest black
broadcloth. His feet were encased In
patent feathers, and he carried a cane
big enough for club. On the lapel
Of his coat was a bunch Of beautiful
roses, snd he looked altogether as. though
he had just jumped from a bsnd-boL-
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1887-03-05

It Is q coincidence that recent copies
Of the Kansas City journal and the St.
Paul Pioneer Press, which reached here
on the same day hao accounts Of the
death Of two aged war horses, each Of
which was named "DOn."
The first Don entered the Second
Colorado cavalry at st. Louis 1868, and
served through the war faithfully, tax
ing part In many battles and skirmishes.
being wounded twice and captured once
After the war he at once went to work
on a Kansas farm near Sabetha, and
there after a useful life he died the other
day, having lived over thirty years.
The Minnesota Don was the war horse
that ex- Governor Marshall Of that state
rode during the last year Of the war.
The most conspicuous battles in which
ne served were the battles of Nashville
and the siege Of Mobile. On thelast day
at Nashville, in the decisive charge OF
Gen. A. J. Smiths corps, Don bore his
master at the head Of his brigade across
the artillery-swept field, lesping the
enemy's works at the Point Coupee
Louisiana battery Of four Napoleon guns.
At the siege Of Mobile, in advancing to
the attack of Spanish Fort, Governor
Marshall received severe wound while
riding Don. AS BETTING his honorable
military career, a grave was dug under
an oak in the pasture where he had
grazed, and there on a bed Of clover hay,
with the national flag wrapped around
him, he was laid to rest. A stone will
mark the place with the inscription:
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1887-03-05

If We are to have drunkards in the fu-
tUre some OF them are to come from the
boys to whom I am writing; and 1 ask
you again If you want to be one Of them.
No, OF course you don'tl I know you
don't drink now, and it seems to you as
If you never would. But your tempta-
ton will come, and it probably viii
come In this way. You will find your
self, sometime, with a number OF com
paniOns, and they viii have bottle Of
wine on the table. They viii drink and
offer it to you. They viii regard it as a
manly practice, and very likely they
will look upcn you as a milksOp il you
don't indulge with them. Then what
Will You do? eh, what viii you
doY VIII you say, 'tNO mol none Of
that stuff for me. know trick worth q
half a-dozen Of thatr' or viii you take
the glass with your own common sense
protesting and your conscience making
the whole draught bitter, and a feeling
that you have damaged yourself, and
then 90 OF with hot head and skulk
ing soul that at once begins to make
apologies for itself, and viii keep doing
50 during all this life? Boys, do not be
come dIunkards-
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1887-03-05
A Curious Hoard OF Coin.

Pa 1 Mall Gazette.
A curious story comes from the cit,
Not many days since a man appeared at
the bank perspiring under the weight of a
heavy bag, which he threw upon the coun-
ter and asked to have changed for gold.
The bag contained exactly e1OO OF
fourpenny bits Of the year 1S38-alI Of the
5000 as bright and unwOrn as when
freshly issued from the mint. The owner
explained that the coins were a legacy
from his grandmother, who had Just died,
and who, having passion for fOurpenny
pieces, had procured the bagful at the
bank half a century ago and boarded
them carefully until the day Of her death.
The legatee took his e1OO in gold and
departed
Next morning he reappeared In a very
excited state Of mind and asked for the
fourpenny bits back; ''for," said he, 81
am told that the jewellers viii give a shiIl-
ing apiece for them" He was politely
informed that the coins had been s'dis-
tributed'' and that it was impossible to
return them now. Thereupon he went
away sorrowful. And nov everybOdy
who has a friend in the bank is gJeefully
exhibiting bIand-new fourpenny bits,
which he intends to have made up into
breastpins and other trifies OF personal
adOrnmsuf
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1887-03-05
Tha GlrIor To.Dav.

The GlrI OF To-Day.
Castroyine CIez.J Anvil.
If there is anything We know less
about than we think we do it is the girl;
and of this the girl is glad, for there is
nothing she hates to be known about her
50 bad as the truth.
We have been acquainted with her for
a long time and watched her pranks
from afRr, seen her cut the 'pigeon-Wing''
and knock the "back-step" in the back
yard, when she thought she mad no spec
tatOr; but still We don't know her.
From the time she IS big enough to
swing on the gate and tie a ribbon In
double bowknot she begins to locate a
sweetheart, and she keeps this up until
he Is located IN the backyard exercising
bis talents dissecting stove wood.
She may be little dull on mathema-
tics, but invariably solves the problem
of No. 5 foot in a No. 3 shoe.
She will wear out two old dresses run.
ming around to find out how to make a
new one in the latest style.
She viii break the point OF her broth
er's knife making a crack to peep at
strangers when they come visiting.
She viii greet you with the most be-
witching smile and laugh at your stu
pidness when you are gone.
She viii walk three blocks out of the
way to get peep at her beau, and then
pass by without looking at him.
She viii talk with you two hours With
out being able to repeat a word you have
said, but viii know how long you have
worn your duds and how many brttOns
have lost their grip.
She viii attend church, listen with
absorbed interest to eloquent and pathet-
ic sermons, then return home aud ezpa-
tiate upon the horrible fit OF Miss Shows
new basque.
She will go TO table, mincs over deli
cacies with the most fastidious taste,
then slip back in the kitchen and eat a
raw potato.
She will wear out her best pair OF
shoes dancing all day, then attend ball
at night and complain Of being out of
practice.
She will spend all night writing a
| carefully wOrded letter, in the most pre-
else hand, to her SIMON Suggs, then
scratch of a page to her sister that the
| Old Harry couldn't read.
She viii be the most devOut creature
on earth, and hate the earth that Sallie
! Grimes walks On.
/ She viii be industrious and economical
for a month, then spend her savings for
/ a red ribbon.
She will slouch around the house for
q week making preparations to look neat
on Sunday,
She will iirt with all the best young
men in the neighborhood, and finally
marry come knotty- headed Jim Crow.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1887-03-05

From Bradstreet's.
According to the recent adVices from
Russia, it is beginning to be doubted in
official circles whether it Is ezpedient to
continue to maintain Siberia as a penal
colony. A special committee has been
appointed to inquire into the matter and
report On the subject. Some statistics
Just published throw some light upon
the condition Of affairs in that country.
Between the years 1854 and 1884 the
number OF persons sent to Siberia num-
bered nearly a million and Of this mum
Der political e1iles numbered 700, 000
One fact noted is the desire to escape
manifested by those people. During the
past twenty years a per cent of the
total number of exiles sent to Siberia
m Ide their escape. 1t will be seen from
this that it is impossible to prevent some
from getting away. An almost equal
difficulty is met in trying to reconcile the
country. The chances of marrying and
settling down are narrowed because of
the small proportion Of women exiles to
men, averaging on the whole about one
to five. As marriage is forbidden until
the exiles have been five years In the
country and the majority Of the women
are over 40 years OF age it is little to be
wondered at that the cOlOnistE cannot be
expected to make good citizens. The
objections to the exiles making perman-
ent home in the country are very strong.
1t seems evident from this that Russia is
not meeting with as much success as
England formerly did When it deportei
its cUeFiUts to the South Pacific.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1887-03-05

Mrs. NJ. A. Dauphin, of Philadelphia, is
veil known to the ladies of that city from
the great good she has done by means Of
Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound.
She writes Mrs. Pinkham Of a recent inter
esting case. "a young married lady came
to me suffering with & severe case of Pro-
iapsus and liberation, She commenced tax
ing the Compound and in two months was
fully restored. In proof OF this she soon
found herself in an interesting condition.
Influenced by foolish friends she attempted
70 evade the responsibilities Of maturity.
After ten or twelve days she came to me
again and che was indeed in a most alarm
inR state and suffered terribly. I gave her
I table spoonful of the compound every
hour for eight hours until she fell asleep,
she aEOke much relieved and evidently bst-
ter. She continued taking the Compound,
and in due season she became the mother of
a fine healthy boy. But for the timely use
Of jhe medicine she belisve6 her life would
have been lost"
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1887-03-05

'sThe Union Pacific folks we're awful
glad when & certain man died IN Omaha
the other day" said one Of the agents Of
that line. SKIS name was Bowers.
About q dozen years ago hesaved a train
from running into q WashOut, near his
farm, and the Union Pacific folks felt
grateful to him. AIr. CLARK, who was
the suuerintendent, but who is now with
the Milwaukee & st. Paul road, sent for
Bowers and offered him $500. Bowers
modestly declined the money, but when
Mr.. CLARK proposed to make him ont
pass good for the rest OF his life, he said
he didn't object. When Clark was en-
gagged IN making out the pass Bowers
said: Would you mind making out the
pass good for a friend? might want
to go to Salt Lake City some day and
take a friend Of mine down to see my
uncle.'
"Ot course, Mr.. Clark felt so grateful
he didn't mind making it out good for
friend;' IN fact he was willing to do most
ANYTHING at that time. The pass was
sent up to headquarters, where it re-
ceived the signature Of the president and
general passenger agent and was re-
turned to Bowers.
s.Well, now, what do you think? For
twelve years he has been riding from
Omaha 70 Salt Lake City, from Salt
Lake City to Ogden, and other points
on the line, and never alone. He al
WAYS had a friend with him. The
friend was usually some commercial
traveller. In short Bowers has made
railroad riding a regular business for
the past twelve years. He made arrange
ments with various wholesale and Job
bling houses to carry their men, and
booked his engagements months ahead
sometimes. When these failed he picked
mp stray passengers here and there.
After paying his sleeping car and other
expenses lie had from So to IS a day
clear profit. Out Of this profit he man
aged to amass a snug little fortune. He
tried to use his pass on the limited eZ-
press, but the company would not have
it. When he did attempt it he was
liable to be elected between stations, even
even If the train was going up grade.
In fact, the company wanted to refuse to
carry him at all, but lis lawyer concluded
the trial for damages would be too ez-
pensiVe. The travelling men are sorry
Bowers has made his exit"
When irritation OF the throat causes a
tickling cough, use Red Star Cough Cure,
which will effect immediate and perman-
ant relief. One Of BrCOklyn's Board of
Health officers recommends it as purely
vegetable and perfectly harmless. Price,
% cents.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1887-03-05
A wounded Mans Rerve.


Cincinnati Enquirer
A few days ago Isaac Lane, a we'll
known farmer, residing one mile west Of
Mount Healthy, IN this country, met with
an accident which threatens to end his
life. He was out in the barn, when he
fell on the prOngs Of a pitchfork, which
penetrated his leg just below the thigh.
One Of the prOngs was broken of in his
leg, as he supposed. Two physicians
were summoned who made an examina-
ton Of the wound, but they failed to 10
cate the piece Of steel. They prObed the
small opening, but could discover moth
ing and at once came to the conclusion
that Mr.. Lane was mistaken. They in
sisted that the broken prong must be
somewhere in the barn, and some Of the
boys on the place were sent to look for
it, but they could not find it. Mr.. Lane
persisted that the piece Of fork was still
in his leg, which was swollen and very
painful.
A day or two after the occurrence Mr..
Lane put his hand on the underside of his
leg and felt some hard substance. With
out waiting to summon a doctor, he, with
remarkable fOrtitude, took a knife and
cut a hole at the place where the hard
substance seemed to be. He made a
deep incisiOn, and running his finger
into the opening, caught hold Of some
thing and pulled it out. II proved to be
the prong OF the pitchfOrk and was over
six inches IN length. 1t had taken a
diagonal course and eluded the surgeons
probe. Mr.. Lane at once experienced
relief and will soon be himself again. The
pluck displayed in acting Fs his own
surgeon has challenged the admiration
OF his friends, and the strange accident,
with its results, is the talk Of Mount
Healthy.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1887-03-05
wHLE WE MAY.

The hands are such dear hands,
They are 30 full they turn ct our demands
Sd often; they reach outy
With tribe 20 scarcely thought about.
80 many 2 luaess they do
80 d am things I u me, Tor YOU
lf their Eoud wills ml-tzkes
We may Weu bendi not break.
They are such Sond, fran lips
That speak 20 us. Pray, II love stripe
Them Of al erection many times
Or IL they speak too slow or quick. sucl
crimes
We may pass by; for We may SEE
Days u Ia on when those suau Words may bl
Held not a. Glow, or quick or out Of place
but
Because ths lips are no more here.
They are such dear, fsmiliar feet that go
Along the path with oui feet fast or slow,
And trying Keep pace ii they mistake
Or tread upon dOE er that would take
Upl % our breast, OF Druise some reed,
Or eru-h b or Hope until lL bleed,
We may ne mute.
Not turlluE quickly 70 impute
GraV fault; FOR they aud we
HaV such a Dc tie way e go-can be
IOge her such li tie while along the way
We wiz be patient while We may.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1887-03-05
SPICE OF LIFE.

Virgins half astronomer and half
ackass-ths first half Of the one and the
last half OF the Other-Aac0n TeLegraDh
The bootblack and the college pro-
fessor works for the same object-that OF
polishing the ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
6reeze.
Many a man haa married for beauty
only 70 learn that he paid $40 for what
can be purchased for % cents OF all drug
gists. This is hard.-Nasby.
lis sight 70 make angels smoker to
see a citydsd fisherman pull out Of the
water q twO-ineh seeker with an outfit
that cost him S25 or S3O.-BOston Tran
script.
Mamma (to Noel, who is inclined to
] ,tzlkativs )-"Hush, Noell Haven't
1told you often that little boys should
Etseen and not heard? ?" "NOel-'sYes,
mamma, but you don't look at me-" -
London Punch.
"Jesaier' sYes'm." ..What are you
crying forY' "Laura hit me on the
head" "WhsreY' That's the matter.
/ tried to keep the mark til I got home
to show you, and-boO-hoo-it's gone
away."-Ledger
New York mani suppose you have
seen our giants Omaha nan
"Giants?" .'Yes; that's what We call
our baseball team, you know" 'The
one that was beaten by the ChicagOI '
"Wel yes" "GianSs is a good name.
Large bodies move slowly."-OnaahG
World
The meanest church organist lives N
Philadelphia. He is all bent with age,
and the other day, at the wedding of an
antique Philadelphia belle whom he
knew many years before, he astonished
everybody by pl wing a fantasia on the
air, when You and 1 Were Young"
A we'll known East End gentleman re-
Gently received a note from a man in
Allegheny which read thus: Dear sir:
have seen your advertisement for a cook
for three days in ths papers. Whs
you get what you want please send III
rest Of the girls TO me, as don't caret
advertise. Pittsburgh Chronicle.
A few years ago The literary markets of
the world we're overstOcksd with Ameri-
can humOr, but some how or other the
stuff spoiled on the hands of the first
purchaser, and to-day it is almost impos-
sible to get a decent specimen OF pure,
original humor.- Cincinnati Enquirer.
The reason Is that it has all been turned
into chestnuts.
The frequency with which Alpine
tourists fall from tops OF almost inacces-
sible mountains and get killed Is very
distressing and monOtonOus. An Ameri-
can in Switzerland was invited by an en-
thusiastic English crank, who, was ever
lastingly climbing mountain peaks, tc
accompany him on one Of these fOolhardy
trips. ''No, thank you, was the reply
II stay away from places that a donkey
can't climb. - Teas SiftiHgs.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1887-03-05

Use after each meal sCOIT's EMULSION
with Hypophog Mites. Il is as palatable AZ
milk, and easily digested. The rapidity with
which delicate people improve with its use is
wonderful. Use it and try your weight. As
a remedy for Consumption, Throat affec-
tons and Bronchitis, It is unequaled. Please
seadi 81 used Seott's Emulsion in q child
eight MONTH old with good results. he
gained four pounds in a very short tine. -
ezo. PRrlI, NJ. o.. Alabama
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1887-03-05
a BABYs FAITH.
CLARA P. BOSS.

Only handful, Prosaicr'
And the lady's fingers slight,
Took from the waiting servants hand
The Il y mlssIVe white.
One careless glance at Its contents,
And she tossed it il the air;
1t slipped through the open easement,
Without her thought or care.
Circling, floating, futtering down,
1t sought the dusty street,
And dropped, as soft as a snowflake,
AT baby's patteTing feet,
The title one CEught the paper
With a cry Of glad surprise,
And lifted TO the blue of heaven
A pair OF heavenly eyes
a. lis a letter from my mamma,
l know" the baby said.
God has sent it down from heaven,
Where she went when she was dead,
Read IL, nurse, - the babe commanded;
But the nurses eyes were dim,
Not for her to read the message
That his mother sent to him.
But the baby kissed his treasure;
He could read between the lines"
And the coarse and common paper
Bore a word from fHirer chimes.
So the lady's careless fingers
Tossed a message to his heart,
Which, IN ali the years OF childhood,
Bore no. forgotten part.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1887-03-05
DON
Ny Faithful War Horse.
Died December p. 1885.
Aged % years "


Portland Oregonian.
A very handsome living specimen of
the snowy owl was sent to the reporter of
the OregOntaH yesterday. This beauti-
fui bird is a native of the Arctic zone,
and is not often seen as far south as this.
1t is feathered TO the claws, and has more
feathers around its eyes than a sky ter.
rier has hair. A reporter who applied
to the taxadermists for information as
certaiHed that there has been an unusual
migration Of these birds from the north
into this region this season, which is
supposed to indicate severe weather up
there, and some day fOrbOdes the same
here. Mr.. Washer had two specimens
mounted and a live one, and Captain
Douglass had several fine specimens.
While the reporter was talking 60 him,
Captain Kellogg called with another.
which had been shot at Monticello. Some
of the owls were killed at Sauvie's island,
one at Albany and two at UmatilIa.
These birds occasionally visit the New
England states In the winter and are
valued by collectors on account of their
variety. The winter and huffier they are
the more they are esteemed. The snowy
owl is one OF the largest species, and it
is also the only species of the owl family
that feeds in the daytime. A gentleman
who resided in eastern Oregon ten years
ago says that there was a great migra-
ton them that winter, aud they were
vely plentiful all over eastern Oregon.
But since that time there has been very
few seen. The bird, as its nanls indi-
Gates, is white, hecked with spots running
from black to light brown. Captain
Douglass says that from the number
being sent to be prepared it is evident
that everybody who sees one recognizes
it as a rare bird, and many are being
killed on account of their habit OF feeding
by day.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1887-03-05

The monument to Mozart, in the
suburban cemetery Of st. Marx, Vienna
in which Emperor Franz Josef IL much
interested, has been transferred to the
graveyard known as the Central Friedhoff,
and viii be placed next to the tOmbs Of
Schubert and Beethoven. The exact
spot where Mozart is buried is not known.
His funeral was attended by a single
friend and his grave forgotten almost as
soon as closed. It has taken Vienna al
most a century to find suitable site for
the monument Of the greatest composer
who ever lived.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1887-03-05
No More Worry.

Oultilid hoilds
Omaha Dame-HoW long is it since
We have met. You said then, remem-
Der, that you would never feel Satisfied
until your family we're grown up and
settled In life.
Chicago Dame-Yes, I used to be very
anxious about their future, but all dan
ger Of trouble is passed now.
II am very glad to hear It
Eyes, it is a great relief. My daugh-
ters, yOu know, married young"
81 heard Of their weddings"
'Well, they are both living sPlendidly
on their alimOny, and my sons are living
luZuriOusly though quietly in Canada.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1887-03-05
Y0rDTlggi8th8 The Compound 81 per bottle
- Ynn nTaILinr nTnnar 2

There is no reason why you should not
make large sums of money if you are able
20 work. All you need is the right kind of
employment or business. Write to HaIlet
& Co., Portland, Maine, and they will send
you can do and live at home, wherever you
are located, earning thereby from So to S25
per day, and upwards. Capital not Fequiredi
you are started free. Either sexes; all ages.
Better not delay.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1887-03-05

PHIcKEX ASH BIEEERs Sc an unfafIfnR eure
for all diseases originating in hillary de-
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sale viii 50 eneetUally remove the disturb
ing elements, and at the same time tone M
the whole system. il is sure and safe in Is
aCtions